Manuel lopez



(No Model.)

I M; LOPEZ.

I v BAT FASTENER. No. 568,031. Patented Sept. 22, 1896.

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' WITNESSES.

UNITE-1) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANUEL LOPEZ, OF SALE, ENGLAND;

HAT-FAST'EN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,031, datedSeptember 22, 1896. Application filed October 24,1895. $eriel No.566,722. (No model.) Patented in England February 5, 1895, No. 2,490.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANUEL LOPEZ, a subject of the Queen Regent ofSpain, residing at Sale, in the county of Chester, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improved I-Iat-Fasteners, (for which Ihave received Letters Patent in England, No. 2,490, dated February 5,1895,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an appliance for attaching to hats or otherhead-coverings to hold the same more securely upon the head to preventthem being removed or displaced by a sudden gust of wind or the like.

In carrying out the invention it will be fully described with referenceto the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of hat, showing the invention appliedthereto; Fig. 2, a transverse section of same; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of the appliance removed from the hat.

A plate or clip A, of a suitably-curved shape to correspond with thehead of the wearer, is pivoted to the edge of the hat-brim vso as toproject outside the hat D and come in contact with and grip the headlower down than where the hat covers. It is made with a loop a on theback, which engages with a wire or fastener B, to which it is pivotedand by which it is attached to the hat. The fastener B is'stamped .outof sheet-steel or other metal, with projecting prongs b, which areinserted in the material of the hat D to secure it firmly in position,and with aloop b, which plate A of curved shape provided on its backpasses through the loop a of the clip A and 3 5 forms a pivot therefor.

The loop a in the back of the clip A is so placed and the clip sopivoted that when not in wear the clip or plate lies in the same planeas the brim d, but when in wear the upper 40 end is brought up insidethe hat between the hat-body or hat-leather and the head, and the otherend is pressed downward below the level of the hat-brim to engage orgrip the head of the wearer. The wires which form the pivot may bepassed through the material and secured there in any convenient manner,or the wire may be attached to a plate riveted or stitched to thematerial. When not required in use, the clip A may be disconnected 5oand removedfrom the fastener B.

What I claim. as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent,is

A hat-fastening attachment comprising a with a projecting loop placed atthe center and a staple B provided with a loop I) by which the curvedplate is attached thereto and upon which it swivels and projectingprongsb by which the appliance is attached to the hat substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MANUEL LOPEZ.

Witnesses:

J. OwDEN OBRIEN, CHAS. O. VENDALL.

